Mrs. Sara Steinback, the new school nurse at GMG, is pictured in her office. She shares her time between the elementary and the high school.

Mrs. Sara Steinback became the new school nurse at GMG on January 16. She replaces Mrs. Tracy Anderson, who moved to Omaha, NB, as her husband was transferred.

Mrs. Steinback works part time between the high school and elementary buildings. She is at school everyday 8:30 AM to 2:30 PM. Days at the elementary are Monday, Wednesday and Friday PM. Tuesday and Friday morning will find her at the high school and Thursday is her day off.

Mrs. Steinback may be reached by calling the GMG Elementary Central off ice at Green Mountain. The number is 641-474-2251.

Her duties include making sure all students have immunization records up to date, checking on sick children, basic first aid and handling all health records for students and teachers. She also spends time with parents about any health concerns.

Mrs. Steinback and her husband, Jesse, have a little girl, Evelyn, who is two. And a little boy, Ian Henry, is due to be born the end of May. Jesse is employed at DuPont in Nevada.

Following her graduation from Shadow Ridge High School in Las Vegas, NV in 2005, she attended North West Iowa Community College and graduated with an Associate Degree in Nursing and became an RN. She has a varied background in nursing as she is also a med aide, LPN, and an EMT

Prior to becoming GMG School Nurse, Mrs. Steinback worked in nursing homes. Most recently she was Occupational Health Nurse at the Marshalltown Generating Station Power Plant.

She says her biggest challenge since becoming a school nurse is, “Suddenly becoming a day worker. I am just dead by ten PM.” You see she had always worked the night shift.

There are ties to Garwin as her Grandpa was James Helleso, a 1956 Garwin High School graduate. And she and Jesse were married in 2011 at the Iowa River Church of the Brethren on Wallace Avenue just south of Green Mountain.

Mrs. Steinback stated, “The environment at GMG is so different than anywhere else I’ve worked. The people are so nice and there is less drama. I have a whole new respect for paras and teachers, their job is way more stressful than what I do.”